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<div dir="ltr" ><b><font color="#800080" size="3" >A Gentle Reminder on End of Support for 8.2: </font></b>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2" >We would like to remind you that the previously announced end of support date for Tivoli Endpoint Manager 8.2 is approaching. TEM 8.2 will officially reach end of support on April 30th 2016. Customers using version 8.x of the platform are encouraged to upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible in order to continue receiving product support. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2" >Please note that in addition to the many improvements in the 9.x platform releases, many of the BigFix application modules use functionality that is not compatible with 8.x and older platform versions. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2" >Upgrading is the best way to take advantage of all of the latest product capabilities of Endpoint Manager.</font></p>
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<p><b><font face="Arial" size="2" >Some of the key platform features of our 9.x releases include: </font></b></p>
<ul><br> <li><font face="Symbol" size="2" >· </font><font face="Arial" size="2" >Improved Performance via the use of 64-bit server components: Windows Server, Console, Web Reports, FillDB, and BESAdmin are all now 64-bit Windows applications. </font>
<p><font face="Symbol" size="2" >· </font><font face="Arial" size="2" >Expanded OS support: Windows 10, Mac 10.11, CentOS, SLES12, Debian 6, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Windows Server 2012, RHEL 7, AIX 72</font></p>
<p><font face="Symbol" size="2" >· </font><font face="Arial" size="2" >Enhanced Security: Disable SHA-1 signatures in favor of SHA-256, Support for TLS 1.2 and root certificate key strength increased from 1024 to 4096 bits</font></p>
<p><font face="Symbol" size="2" >· </font><font face="Arial" size="2" >Increased server audit logging and configurable attributes for Console and Web reports via Common Criteria security certification</font></p>
<p><font face="Symbol" size="2" >· </font><font face="Arial" size="2" >Enhanced visibility via new agent inspectors: SSID for WiFi inspector, SQLite inspectors, JSON inspectors, SHA-2 inspectors, TCP/UDP port inspectors (supported on Windows 7+, Windows Server 2008+), Inspectors for tracking long Fixlet evaluation times, SHA-2 inspectors</font></p>
<p><font face="Symbol" size="2" >· </font><font face="Arial" size="2" >Improved Granularity of Access Control including permissions to restrict reboot/shutdown and allowed login interfaces</font></p>
<p><font face="Symbol" size="2" >· </font><font face="Arial" size="2" >Improved relay resiliency that allows relays to automatically recover from errors and data corruption</font></p>
<p><font face="Symbol" size="2" >· </font><font face="Arial" size="2" >More "out of the box" reports in Web Reports</font></p>
<p><font face="Symbol" size="2" >· </font><font face="Arial" size="2" >Support for 2 factor authentication (CAC/PIV Support)</font></p>
<p><font face="Symbol" size="2" >· </font><font face="Arial" size="2" >Web Based user interface (WebUI) that includes a greatly simplified interface for deployment specialists to view devices and deploy patches, software, and custom content</font></p>
<p><font face="Symbol" size="2" >· </font><font face="Arial" size="2" >Email notification service either upon completion of deployment or when a certain number of targets fail</font></p> </li></ul>
<p><b><font face="Arial" size="2" >Additional notes:</font></b></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2" >Manual upgrade instructions are available at:</font><br><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial" size="2" ><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Upgrading" >https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Upgrading</a></font></u></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2" >Upgrade Fixlets for previous versions of IBM Endpoint Manager are available at: </font><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial" size="2" ><a href="http://support.bigfix.com/bes/install/beswindowsarchive.html" >http://support.bigfix.com/bes/install/beswindowsarchive.html</a></font></u></p>
<p><br><font face="Arial" size="2" >Version 8.2 of Tivoli Endpoint Manager effective end of support April 30th 2016. IBM official announce letter 915-114 </font><a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/4/897/ENUS915-114/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en#abstrx" target="_blank" ><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial" size="2" >(http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/4/897/ENUS915-114/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en#abstrx</font></u></a><font face="Arial" size="2" >)</font></p></div></div></div><BR>